User blog:Jenniebug/Pilot Episode

While the very first episode looks very promising for a great show, I am skeptical. The show's creators, who also did AMC's The Killing, lost me after the first season of that show. Netflix picked that show up after it was not picked back up from AMC.

Seven Seconds is set to be an anthology series. While I see similarities in that the writers desperately want to make the cops look like those of the characters on The Shield, I don't think the writers have it in them. I'm not doubting the acting chops of David Lyons as Mike DiAngelo, but I honestly can't see him being a Vic Mackey as much as he could try. There was one scene in particular that reminded me of something that *could* have possibly aimed toward The Shield had the writers been going in that direction. That would be the scene where DiAngelo and Jablonski were talking in the car and DiAngelo tries to convince Jablonski that "they are a dying breed" of good cops. The fact that DiAngelo says this after he is trying to cover up an accident that Jablonski did that is now turning it into a crime.

The acting of Regina King is never a disappointment. She is an awesome actress and I love watching her on screen. There is obvisous tension between her character and that of Russell Hornsby's Isaiah Butler, her on-screen husband. Her portrayal of a grieving mother is so convincing that she almost had me in tears at one point. I, myself, was in a car accident in which I suffered a massive head injury. I, unlike Brenton, was not on a ventilator, but her displayed emotions made me feel what my own mother may have felt.

Overall, I enjoyed the pilot episode very much. Based on reading some reviews, I have decided not to read anymore as I came across one from USA Today which was a little disappointing that I stopped reading it so I could form my own opinion of the series.

Please join in on the discussion forums, write new discussion forums, and participate. I'm a sucker for trivia and I may post some weird things I notice throughout the show. Such as the picture below. Anyone else think the 'Beware of Dog' sign is slightly in a weird place? If you can't see it, look underneath the meter reader.

-Jen